Re: openjdk-*-jdk, depends on -jre instead of -jre-headless
On 07/05/2015 10:08 PM, Jan Henke wrote:
> Am 05.07.2015 um 20:18 schrieb Emmanuel Bourg:
>> Le 05/07/2015 09:11, Jan Henke a écrit :
>>
>>> I would like to open discussion, whether it is possible to make the jdk
>>> depend on the headless jre only. The full jre could be a recommends, so
>>> it does get install by default, but advanced users can choose to not
>>> install it.
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> I tend to agree but I wouldn't change the dependencies of the *-jdk
>> package to avoid disrupting the current installations.
>>
>> We could probably add an openjdk-8-jdk-headless package depending on
>> openjdk-8-jre-headless, and change openjdk-8-jdk to depend on
>> openjdk-8-jdk-headless and openjdk-8-jre.
>>
>> I don't think it makes sense to changes the openjdk-7 packages at this
>> point if we plan to remove them in Stretch.
>>
>> Emmanuel Bourg
>>
>>
> Hi Emmanuel,
>
> that sounds like a good plan! Please add the corresponding
> default-jdk-headless package as well.
>
> You are right about openjdk-7, I was more thinking about making this the
> default for opnejdk-8 and all following version.
plus an update/rewrite of update-java-alternatives is needed.
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